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Yemen’s new president Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi took the oath of office before the country’s parliament Saturday. He replaces Ali…

GENEVA — Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the new United Nations-Arab League envoy on Syria, called on Friday on…

VIENNA — Iran wants more talks with the UN nuclear watchdog, its ambassador to the body said, despite what one Western…

AMMAN/BEIRUT — Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to…

BEIRUT — Warnings from Syrian activists of a humanitarian catastrophe in Homs grew more desperate Thursday as government forces resumed…

An American woman banned from leaving Egypt as part of its crackdown on foreign-funded pro-democracy groups was stopped from boarding…

BAGHDAD — A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people…

The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies…

BEIJING — Envoys from North Korea and a cautiously optimistic United States met Thursday for their first talks on dismantling…

BEIRUT — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Wednesday where the last dispatches from a veteran American war correspondent chronicled…